Thank-You so much Renee 750il, Yes, it does hurt to lose a member of your family. Dogs are members of your family too. I believe that God takes them to be with him, and sometime we will be re-united. But, it still hurts. She was a black Lab. and wouldn't hurt a fly. She loved children, and wouldn't have made much of a guard dog, ha, she would have probably opened the door for robbers, she was so sweet and gentle. Thank- You and all of you for letting me " get it off my chest".